6. My shop has a mix of DASD (IBM and third party). Isn’t
disk just a disk?

7. There are SnapShot, FlashCopy, and TimeFinder; are
they all the same thing?

8. What are extended format data sets, and how can they
help me?

Come and join this session and get answers to your Storage
needs.

10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Fun with Cursors - Understanding Dynamic
Scrollable
Cursors in DB2 Version 8
Presenter: John Iczkovits, IBM
Yes, you too can enjoy your cursors. Just attend this
presentation that covers all aspects of cursor processing in
DB2 from a simple DECLARE statement to static and dynamic
scrollable cursors. Find out how DB2 for z/OS Version 8 affects
cursor processing and join in the discussions of the things you
can do with cursors.

12:45 - 1:00 Break
1:00 - 2:15 Application Performance: The Red Flags to Look For
Presenter: Joe Burns, Highmark, Inc.
Application programmers and DBAs both have a vested interest in
ensuring good application performance. But inevitably
performance issues will arise, and it can be difficult to
decide where the problem is. Or in some cases even if there is
a performance problem. In this presentation we will look at
performance terms like synchronous I/O, Getpages and DB2 Class
2 times. We’ll also look at what they should mean to us
when
we are trying to resolve a performance issue. Programmers and
DBAs alike should leave with a better understanding of the red
flags that can point to potential performance problems.
2:15 - 2:30 Closing